Molly Miller
{{Short description|American women's college basketball coach}}
{{For|the fish|molly miller}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Molly Miller
| image =
| caption =
| current_title = Head coach
| current_team = Arizona State
| current_conference = Big 12
| current_record = {{winpct|0|0|record=y}}
| contract =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|10|19}}
| birth_place = Springfield, Missouri, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| player_years1 = 2004–2008
| player_team1 = Drury
| player_positions =
| coach_years1 = 2012–2014
| coach_team1 = Drury (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 2014–2020
| coach_team2 = Drury
| coach_years3 = 2020–2025
| coach_team3 = Grand Canyon
| coach_years4 = 2025–present
| coach_team4 = Arizona State
| admin_years1 =
| admin_team1 =
| overall_record = {{winpct|297|55|record=y}}
| tournament_record =
| championships = {{Plainlist|
- NCAA Division II Final Four (2019)
- WAC regular season (2025)
- WAC tournament (2025)
- 5× GLVC regular season (2015, 2017–2020)
- 5× GLVC tournament (2015, 2017–2020)
}}
| awards = {{Plainlist|
- 2× WBCA Division II Coach of the Year (2019, 2020)
- WAC Coach of the Year (2025)
}}
}}
Molly Miller ({{née|Carter}}; born October 19, 1986) is an American college basketball coach. She is the head coach for the women's team at Arizona State University. She was the head coach at Grand Canyon University from 2020 to 2025. Miller also was the head coach at her alma mater, Drury University, a Division II university in Springfield, Missouri, where she also played college basketball.{{Cite web|url=https://gculopes.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/molly-miller/2021|title=Molly Miller - Women's Basketball Coach|website=Grand Canyon University Athletics}}
Playing career
Miller attended Kickapoo High School in Springfield, Missouri, where she played basketball{{cite news |author1=Collingwood |first=Ryan |date=5 March 2023 |title=Former Kickapoo teammates Molly Miller and Heather Ezell are succeeding as Division I head coaches |url=https://eu.news-leader.com/story/sports/2023/03/05/former-kickapoo-teammates-miller-and-ezell-succeeding-as-di-coaches/69955562007/ |access-date=10 January 2024 |work=Springfield News-Leader}} for four years, winning two state championships.{{cite web |title=Molly Carter (2012) - Hall of Fame |url=https://drurypanthers.com/honors/hall-of-fame/molly-carter/94 |website=drurypanthers.com |access-date=10 January 2024}}{{cite news |author1=Neddenriep |first=Kyle |date=21 February 2008 |title=Competitive edge |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-springfield-news-leader-competitive/138431140/ |access-date=10 January 2024 |work=Springfield News-Leader |pages=1D, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-springfield-news-leader-mollyimprov/138431162/ 3D] |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}}
She later played college basketball for Drury University for four years and ranks second on the school's all-time record book for scoring (1,570 points), assists (439), and steals (407). In 2012, she was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame.
= Drury statistics =
Sources{{Cite web |title=NCAA Statistics |url=https://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careerplayer |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=NCAA.ORG}}{{NBA player statistics legend}}
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Team ! GP ! Points ! FG% ! 3P% ! FT% ! RPG ! APG ! SPG ! BPG ! PPG |
| 2004–05
|Drury |31 |218 |39.4% |25.7% |63.1% |2.2 |3.4 |3.2 |0.0 |7.0 |
| 2005–06
|Drury |33 |355 |47.7% |37.7% |74.8% |1.8 |2.7 |2.9 |0.1 |10.8 |
| 2006–07
|Drury |33 |515 |42.4% |33.3% |76.6% |3.4 |3.5 |2.9 |0.1 |15.6 |
| 2007–08
|Drury |32 |473 |40.2% |35.9% |78.5% |4.2 |4.0 |3.6 |0.2 |14.8 |
| Career
| |129 |1561 |42.4% |34.4% |74.7% |2.9 |3.4 |3.1 |0.1 |12.1 |
Coaching career
=Drury University=
Miller began coaching at her alma mater, Drury, in 2012. She was an assistant for two seasons before taking over as head coach in 2014 following the resignation of Steve Huber.{{cite news |author1=Wheeler |first=Wyatt |date=9 April 2020 |title=All Molly Miller did was win |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-springfield-news-leader-all-molly-mi/138431220/ |access-date=10 January 2024 |work=Springfield News-Leader |pages=B1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-springfield-news-leader-miller-cont/138431260/ B2]}} Drury finished 32–0 in Miller's final year at the university, and was the top seed in the NCAA Division II tournament. The tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web|url=https://drurypanthers.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule/2019-20|title=2019-20 Women's Basketball Schedule|website=Drury University Athletics}} During her stay with Drury, she was a two time WBCA Division II National Coach of the Year.{{cite news |author1=Obert |first=Richard |date=30 October 2020 |title=Grand Canyon new women's basketball coach Molly Miller expects to win championships |url=https://eu.azcentral.com/story/sports/college/gcu/2020/10/30/new-gcu-womens-basketball-coach-molly-miller-expects-championships/6089599002/ |access-date=10 January 2024 |work=Arizona Republic |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}}
=Grand Canyon University=
In April 2020, Miller was hired as the head coach of the Grand Canyon Antelopes women's basketball team, replacing Nicole Powell who left to take the over as head coach at UC Riverside.{{cite news |author1=Obert |first=Richard |date=9 April 2020 |title=GCU hires women's basketball coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic-gcu-hires-womens-baske/77598525/ |access-date=10 January 2024 |work=Arizona Republic |page=B5 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}} At Grand Canyon, Miller has led the Lopes to two Western Athletic Conference finals games.{{cite news |author1=Obert |first=Richard |date=4 November 2023 |title=Grand Canyon women looking for breakthrough season in Coach Molly Miller's 4th year |url=https://eu.azcentral.com/story/sports/college/gcu/2023/11/04/gcu-women-see-breakthrough-season-in-coach-molly-millers-4th-year/71443840007/ |access-date=10 January 2024 |work=Arizona Republic}} She has also led GCU to the 2025 WAC regular season championship with a 16–0 record, the 2025 WAC Tournament championship, and a #13 seed in the 2025 Women's NCAA Tournament.
=Arizona State University=
In March 2025, Miller was hired as the head of the Arizona State Sun Devils, replacing Natasha Adair.{{cite web |last1=Obert |first1=Richard |last2=Ortiz |first2=Jenna |title=Molly Miller leaving Grand Canyon for Arizona State women's basketball job |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/college/asu/2025/03/21/asu-womens-basketball-coach-molly-miller-gcu/82591377007/ |website=AZ Central |publisher=Arizona Republic |access-date=22 March 2025}}
=Head Coaching Record=
{{CBB Yearly Record Start
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|poll=no
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=Drury Panthers
|startyear=2014
|conference=Great Lakes Valley Conference
|endyear=2020
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2014–15
| name = Drury
| overall = 26–4
| conference = 17–1
| confstanding = 1st (West)
| postseason = NCAA Division II First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| season = 2015–16
| name = Drury
| overall = 26–5
| conference = 16–2
| confstanding = 1st (West)
| postseason = NCAA Division II Sweet Sixteen
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2016–17
| name = Drury
| overall = 30–4
| conference = 17–1
| confstanding = 1st (West)
| postseason = NCAA Division II Sweet Sixteen
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2017–18
| name = Drury
| overall = 31–3
| conference = 17–1
| confstanding = 1st (West)
| postseason = NCAA Division II Sweet Sixteen
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2018–19
| name = Drury
| overall = 35–1
| conference = 18–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division II Final Four
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2019–20
| name = Drury
| overall = 32–0
| conference = 20–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = Postseason not held due to COVID-19
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Drury
| overall = {{Winning percentage|180|17|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|105|5|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=Grand Canyon Antelopes
|startyear=2020
|conference=Western Athletic Conference
|endyear=2025
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2020–21
| name = Grand Canyon
| overall = 18–7
| conference = 8–4
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2021–22
| name = Grand Canyon
| overall = 22–10
| conference = 14–4
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = WNIT First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2022–23
| name = Grand Canyon
| overall = 21–10
| conference = 12–6
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2023–24
| name = Grand Canyon
| overall = 24–8
| conference = 16–4
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2024–25
| name = Grand Canyon
| overall = 32–3
| conference = 16–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division I First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Grand Canyon
| overall = {{Winning percentage|117|38|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|66|18|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=Arizona State Sun Devils
|startyear=2025
|conference=Big 12 Conference
|endyear=
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2025–26
| name = Arizona State
| overall = 0–0
| conference = 0–0
| confstanding =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Arizona State
| overall = {{Winning percentage|0|0|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|0|0|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall = {{Winning percentage|297|55|record=y}}
}}
References
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{{Big 12 Conference women's basketball coach navbox}}
{{Grand Canyon Antelopes women's basketball coach navbox}}
{{Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball coach navbox}}
{{Western Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year navbox}}
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